centuriespast:Medallion with Athena and Medusa, 200 - 150 BC; bronze and glass. Lent by the Hellenic
centuriespast:Medallion with Athena and Medusa, 200 - 150 BC; bronze and glass. Lent by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Education, and Religious Affairs, The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki.With holes for attachment, this bronze disk probably adorned an elaborate chariot. The goddess Athena raises her right arm to throw a spear, the sense of her movement conveyed by feathers that seem to ruffle in the breeze and curling locks whipped by wind. Her helmet is composed of the head of the Gorgon Medusa, whose glance turned one to stone. The monsters placid face, with eyes closed in death, contrasts with the alert expression of the goddess. The medallion was found in 1990 among the ruins of an ancient building in Thessalonik, perhaps a Macedonian royal palace.This commentary and in fact this whole spam of bronze is from the exhibition Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World at the National Gallery in Washington, DC -- source link
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